Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu and Xun Er returned to Jia Nan Academy, reunited with their old friends, and told Su Qian that the academy should prepare to relocate before the Black Corner Region became a battlefield. The academy leaders agreed to consider the warning while Xiao Yu stayed to help.

• Xiao Yu and Xun Er entered the selection grounds, briefly restrained a team of students, and then left without disrupting their examination.
• Xiao Yu and Xun Er emerged from the stone forest, reuniting with Hu Gan, Su Qian, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu told Su Qian that he wanted to open a Space Wormhole between the Black Corner Region and the Central Plains and warned that the academy might need to relocate.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan agreed to consider Xiao Yu's warning, then asked about his experiences and learned that he had become a Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yu and Xun Er were given their old courtyard in the Inner Academy to stay in.

Xiao Yu returned to Jia Nan Academy, revealed that he had reached Nine Star Dou Sheng, and prepared to move the Underworld’s forces to Wu Tan City. As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame grew restless and the Soul Clan made preparations, Xiao Yu arrived at the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital and found it dressed in mourning cloth.

• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yu, Xun Er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao about the growing threat of Half-Saints and Dou Saints, revealed his Nine Star Dou Sheng strength, and gave them cultivation pills.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Xuan that Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion lay beneath Jia Nan Academy, and they agreed to keep the discovery secret while watching for the Soul Clan’s next move.
• Xiao Yu agreed to teach at Jia Nan Academy, endured the students’ requests for his love story, and later asked Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei to return with him to Wu Tan City.
• Nihility Devouring Flame gave Hun Miesheng a Heavenly Child Flame containing a hidden soul mark after learning that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had become restless.
• The Danta Ancestor set out for the Northwest Continent to keep the demonic flame from falling into the Soul Clan’s hands.
• Xiao Yu and his companions reached the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital, where they found the city covered in white mourning cloth.

Xiao Yu and his companions returned to Wu Tan City, where the Xiao Clan prepared to move back from the Black Corner Region, before the Danta Ancestor warned that the demonic flame had grown unstable. Meanwhile, Zi Yan emerged from seclusion as a Late Five-star Dou Sheng and Dragon Emperor, then set out alone for the Ancient Clan to find Xiao Yu.

• Xiao Yu learned that Jia Xingtian had died, visited the imperial city with his companions, and promised Yao Ye he would notify Yao Yue.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan returned to Wu Tan City and learned from Xiao Lian that the city had become part of the Xiao Clan's domain.
• Xiao Yu said the Xiao Clan would relocate members from the Black Corner Region, while he and Xun Er stayed in Wu Tan City.
• The Danta Ancestor told Xiao Yu that the demonic flame had become volatile and the Soul Clan might interfere, prompting Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan to prepare to return to the Central Plains.
• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion with awakened Dragon-Phoenix bloodline and Late Five-star Dou Sheng strength, then left alone for the Ancient Clan to find Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu and the others prepared for the early arrival of Demonic Flame Descends and traveled to the Demon Fire Plain to seek the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. As powerful factions gathered, Xiao Zhan arrived after being mysteriously drawn to the plain, and Yao Chen came face to face with Yao Wan Gui.

• Xiao Yu explained that the Soul Clan might have altered the Demon Flame Space, and the group discussed notifying Gu Yuan and preparing for Xiao Yan to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• When Twin Moons Appear Together, Nine Stars as One occurred, Xiao Yu chose a small group to travel to the Demon Fire Plain, gave Xun Er a protective jade pendant, and secretly left two avatars to guard Underworld.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and their companions reached the Demon Fire Plain, where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's radiance scorched the land and drew factions from across Central Plains.
• Xiao Zhan reunited with Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan, explained that he had followed a mysterious voice to the plain, and revealed that he had reached the peak of the Nine Revolutions Dou Zun realm.
• Fairy Huo Ling, Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, and other Yan Clan members arrived, followed by the Yao Clan and Stone Clan; Yao Chen recognized Yao Wan Gui and showed killing intent.

Xiao Yu led the group through the Demon Flame Space, rescued Xiao Chen from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control, and revealed the true flames behind the illusions. Nihility Devouring Flame confessed to luring them into a trap, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame began absorbing the Yan Clan’s Eight Desolations Destruction Flame as the battle erupted.

• Xiao Yu gave the group Chaos Flame to protect them from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then guided them through the Nightmare Sky Mist and successive halls of Flame Slaves.
• Xiao Yu used his Prison Suppressing Divine Body to shatter the Demon Flame passage and encountered Xiao Chen, a Xiao Clan ancestor controlled by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yu freed Xiao Chen with Chaos Flame and told him the Xiao Clan’s current state, then shattered the surrounding space to reveal the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame admitted that he had lured Xiao Zhan and the others into the Demon Flame Space, while Xiao Yu accused him of secretly preparing an escape from the Soul Clan.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned powerful Flame Slaves and swallowed the Yan Clan’s Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, prompting Xiao Yu to assign the others to stop him while he faced Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Fairy Huo Ling charged the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which vanished; she warned the group to protect Huo Zhi and Elder Huo Yao because they carried Heavenly Flames within them.

Xiao Yu battled Nihility Devouring Flame while Xiao Yan and the others fought the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which unleashed the Heaven Refining Ancient Array. The Netherworld Demon Sage’s image appeared through Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yu strengthened the array as the Chaos Flame inside Nihility Devouring Flame erupted.

• Xiao Yu stopped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from seizing Elder Huo Yao, then struck Nihility Devouring Flame and fought him in the sky.
• Xiao Yan, Fairy Huo Ling, the Danta Ancestor, Yao Wan Gui, Lei Sheng, and Shi Yao attacked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and its ten Flame Slaves, while Xiao Chen slew four Flame Slaves.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned a magma halberd and battled Fairy Huo Ling and the Danta Ancestor as Xiao Yu deduced that the Soul Clan was targeting the clans’ Tou She Ancient God Jades.
• Nihility Devouring Flame urged the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to activate the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, which enclosed everyone in the space.
• The Netherworld Demon Sage appeared through Xiao Yan and prepared to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Xiao Yu repaired and empowered the array.
• Xiao Yu clenched his hand, causing the Chaos Flame he had planted inside Nihility Devouring Flame to erupt.

Xiao Yu defeated and refined Nihility Devouring Flame, then helped Xiao Yan prepare to refine the purified Heavenly Flames left in the Demon Flame Space. After returning to the Ancient Clan, Xiao Yu learned that the Soul Clan had stolen the other ancient clans’ Tou She Ancient God Jades, leaving the clans to face Hun Tiandi’s growing power.

• Xiao Yu used the Chaos Flame and the Heaven Refining Ancient Array to weaken Nihility Devouring Flame, who crushed a blood jade to regain strength before Xiao Yu trapped and refined him.
• Netherworld Demon Sage took Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with him as the arrays collapsed, and Xiao Yan stayed behind to refine the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yu left the Demon Flame Space and sent Nalan Yanran to watch over Xiao Yan while Xiao Zhan, Yao Chen, and Xiao Chen guarded the Demon Fire Plain.
• At the Ancient Clan, Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders told Xiao Yu that the Soul Clan had stolen their Tou She Ancient God Jades through long-prepared infiltration.
• Xiao Yu revealed that he had killed Nihility Devouring Flame, while Gu Yuan reported that Hun Tiandi had returned to peak strength and that the Soul Realm remained hidden.

Hun Tiandi discovered that Gu Yuan had replaced the Ancient Clan’s jade with a fake, while Xiao Yu explained how Nihility Devouring Flame had concealed the Soul Realm and reunited with Xun Er and Zi Yan. Months later, after strengthening defenses and reaching mid-stage Nine Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Yu learned that his Dou Qi contained a trace of disorder.

• Hun Tiandi received the recovered clan jades, realized Gu Yuan had tricked Gu Yang with a fake, and ordered the Soul Clan to wait while he entered seclusion.
• Xiao Yu explained to Gu Yuan and the other clan chiefs that Nihility Devouring Flame had swallowed the Spirit Clan and Soul Realm, prompting them to reinforce the spatial passages between their clans.
• Xiao Yu returned to Xun Er, comforted her, and learned that You Quan had reached Dou Zun while her sister had reached Dou Zong.
• Ling Ying brought Xiao Yu to meet Zi Yan, who returned the Bodhi Ancient Tree and offered help against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yu linked key locations with Space Wormholes as the Soul Clan remained quiet, then reached mid-stage Nine Star Dou Sheng and learned from Gu Yuan that his Dou Qi was disordered.

Xiao Yu expanded and reorganized the Underworld, welcomed Gu He and Liu Ling into its Alchemy Pavilion, and agreed to help Xiao Yi Xian establish a Poison Pavilion. After accepting Yao Ling’s invitation to the Yao Clan Alchemist Tournament, he prepared to take the Alchemy Pavilion’s members with him.

• Xiao Yu divided the growing Underworld into Inner and Outer Mansions and introduced registration, talent tests, and strength trials for new disciples.
• Gu He and Liu Ling left the Pill Tower after struggling to obtain resources and facing hostility, and Xiao Yu welcomed them into the Underworld’s Alchemy Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian proposed establishing a Poison Pavilion, and Xiao Yu supported her plan before confessing his feelings and kissing her.
• Yao Ling invited Xiao Yu to the Yao Clan Alchemist Tournament, and he accepted the invitation.
• Xiao Yu told the Alchemy Pavilion’s alchemists that they would attend the tournament with him to learn from the Yao Clan’s alchemical inheritance.

Xiao Yu expanded the Underworld’s influence in Maple City, prepared pills for the Mittel Auction House, and persuaded three faction leaders to join by offering to refine Imperial Pills. He then emerged from seclusion at Heavenly Snake Valley, where his powerful aura confirmed his return to the elders.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li arranged for the Xiao Clan and Mittel Family to settle in Maple City and take over key cities for the Underworld.
• Xiao Yu gave Xiao Ding a list of medicinal ingredients, while Ya Fei prepared to establish the Mittel Auction House and Xiao Li formed Xiao Men with Zi Yan as an elder.
• Xiao Yu spent nine days refining pills for the auction, and Yin Gu Lao, Tie Wu, and Su Mei agreed to join the Underworld.
• Xiao Yu gave the three faction leaders ingredient lists for Imperial Pills and demonstrated his Heavenly Flame, prompting them to seek the ingredients.
• Xiao Yu planned to stabilize his realm before traveling to Heavenly Snake Valley, where his emergence from seclusion caused Green Man, White Fang, and the elders to welcome him.

Xiao Yan entered the Alchemist Tournament’s final round and revealed that his Heavenly Flame spirit could devour Hun Xuzi’s Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame. After Xiao Yan forced Hun Xuzi to back down, the alchemy contest began, and Xiao Yu’s mysterious Chaos Flame silenced every flame present.

• Yao Dan welcomed Xiao Yan into the final round of the Alchemist Tournament, where Hun Xuzi revealed his Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame and challenged the others to summon their flames.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Heavenly Flame spirit, and Yao Chen explained to Xuan Yi that it contained the Nihility Devouring Flame’s source flame.
• At Xiao Yu’s suggestion, Xiao Yan’s fire spirit swallowed Hun Xuzi’s Child Flame and severed Hun Xuzi’s connection to it.
• Hun Xuzi attacked Xiao Yan in fury, but Xiao Yan’s Eight Star Dou Sheng aura stopped him and forced him to retreat to the alchemy contest.
• Yao Dan began the final round, and Xiao Yu’s Chaos Flame appeared, suppressing the other flames and leaving the gathered alchemists unable to identify it.

Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Die welcomed Qing Lin, and Xiao Yu agreed to keep her by his side as his maidservant. While cultivating overnight, Xiao Yu discovered that the Life Divine Tree could turn his fire and wind Dou Qi into wood energy, and he left with Qing Lin for the upcoming test.

• Xiao Yi Xian invited Qing Lin to sort medicinal ingredients, and Cai Die introduced herself as Qing Lin’s sister.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yu about Qing Lin’s painful background and explained why he had made her Xiao Yu’s maidservant.
• Xiao Yu cultivated through the night and stabilized fire, wood, and wind energy in his sea of qi after the Life Divine Tree produced wood energy.
• Qing Lin promised to serve Xiao Yu forever, and Xiao Yu told her she could stay by his side.
• Qing Lin picked up Black Scale without trouble, and she followed Xiao Yu as he headed to the test.

Xiao Yu agreed to cooperate with Hun Tiandi to open Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, then used the Ascending Pill Method to turn a Ninth-grade Profound Pill into a Ninth-grade Golden Pill and revive Xiao Xuan. He returned to the Ancient Clan, where Gu Yuan accepted the plan despite his concerns about the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Yu told Hun Tiandi he would reveal the cave mansion's location in three months, while Yao Dan remained unable to reclaim the Yao Clan's lost Ancient God Jade.
• The Alchemist Tournament ended with Xiao Yu recognized as the continent's top alchemist, and the system rewarded him with the second half of the Alchemy Canon.
• Xiao Yu enlisted the Danta Ancestor's help at the Small Pill Tower and used the Ascending Pill Method to elevate his Ninth-grade Profound Pill into a Ninth-grade Golden Pill.
• Xiao Yu summoned Xiao Xuan, who took possession of the Golden Pill and regained a physical body, then said he would recover his strength using energy crystals from the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Yuan discussed the cooperation with the Ancient Clan elders, then met Xiao Yu, who assured him that he had made all the necessary arrangements.

Xiao Yu entered the Heavenly Tomb, defeated its soul, and absorbed its origin, reaching late-stage Nine Star Dou Sheng and Emperor Realm Soul. He left with Xun Er and Zi Yan to seek Zi Yan’s father’s help before facing the Soul Clan, arriving at the site of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

• Xiao Yu told Gu Yuan he wanted to devour the Heavenly Tomb Soul, and Gu Yuan agreed to guard him while he entered the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yu set up a soul array, subdued the Heavenly Tomb Soul, and absorbed its soul origin as the remnant souls were freed from their compulsion to devour one another.
• Xiao Yu broke through to late-stage Nine Star Dou Sheng and Emperor Realm Soul, gained Metal Attribute energy, and left the Heavenly Tomb before his appointment with the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yu left the Ancient Clan with Xun Er, then asked Zi Yan to help him find her father, who guarded the entrance to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Yu and Zi Yan reached the former Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower near Jia Nan Academy and prepared to investigate the cave mansion.

Xiao Yu and Zi Yan found Zhu Kun trapped in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Dwelling and learned that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling could free him. Half a month later, Xiao Yu led Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan to summon the cave dwelling, where Zhu Kun emerged and reunited with Zi Yan, leaving Hun Tiandi to realize he had been drawn into a trap.

• Xiao Yu and Zi Yan entered the magma depths, passed the Tomb Guardian Lizardmen, and reached the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling.
• Zhu Kun awakened, recognized Zi Yan as his daughter, and explained that Tou She Ancient God had trapped him inside the cave dwelling.
• Xiao Yu told Zhu Kun that the cave dwelling would be summoned in half a month and asked for his help; Xiao Yu and Zi Yan then departed.
• Xiao Yu met Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan at Jia Nan Academy, where they combined the eight Ancient Jades to summon the cave dwelling.
• Zhu Kun burst out of the magma and reunited with Zi Yan, while Hun Tiandi realized Xiao Yu had trapped him.

Xiao Yu and the ancient clans cornered Hun Tiandi, who rushed into the opened Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling to seek the Emperor-grade Pill. Inside, they encountered a figure resembling Tou She Ancient God, and the pill accused Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of breaking their promise.

• Xiao Yu revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame's marks could devour the Soul Clan elders, while the allied ancient clans arrived to help defeat Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Tiandi opened the cave dwelling with the Ancient Jade and raced inside as Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and Xiao Yu followed.
• Xiao Yu, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun reached the Heavenly Flame Plaza and found Hun Tiandi before a huge statue of Tou She Ancient God.
• An aged figure appeared on the statue, and Xiao Yu identified him as the Emperor-grade Pill rather than Tou She Ancient God.
• Hun Tiandi tried to persuade the Emperor-grade Pill to join him, but the pill accused Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of breaking their promise.

Xiao Yu and the others defeated Hun Tiandi in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, while Xiao Yu subdued the Emperor-grade Pill. After the Soul Clan’s defeat, the survivors gathered to discuss the Ancient Emperor’s Legacy, and Xiao Yu offered the pill to Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and Zhu Kun to decide who should use it.

• The Emperor-grade Pill recognized Xiao Yi and attacked Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, but Xiao Xuan appeared and challenged Hun Tiandi to a rematch.
• Xiao Yu used Tou She Ancient God's Pill Transformation Divine Art to refine the Emperor-grade Pill and take it for himself.
• Hun Tiandi attacked Xiao Yu to seize the pill, but Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and Xiao Yu fought him until Tou She Ancient God's power restrained him and the three elders killed him.
• The group left the cave dwelling, and Zhu Kun explained that the Ancient Emperor’s Legacy remained inside the stone statue and that he did not know how to obtain it.
• The ancient clans and Heavenly Mansion Alliance departed after Xiao Yu opened the legacy to anyone willing to try, while Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and Zhu Kun stayed as Xiao Yu offered them the Emperor-grade Pill.

Xiao Yan obtained Tou She Ancient God's Origin of Emperor and entered seclusion, while Xiao Yu endured a painful transformation driven by his completed Five Element Attributes. Xiao Yan ascended to Dou Di, awakening the Xiao Clan bloodline, and Xiao Yu's cave finally stirred with an aura that Xiao Yan recognized as a Dou Di's.

• Xiao Yi opened Tou She Ancient God's statue, and its Origin of Emperor chose Xiao Yan while leaving Xiao Yu and the others behind.
• Xiao Yu returned to Di Fu Mountain Range, reassured the women, and entered seclusion to investigate the power of his Five Element Attributes.
• Xiao Yu's cultivation tormented him until his body became a stone statue, and three years passed as Ya Fei, Xun Er, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian waited outside.
• Xiao Nian returned to the women, and her surging aura awakened the Xiao Clan's Dou Di bloodline.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Origin of Emperor, summoned the continent's Heavenly Flames, and ascended to Dou Di, causing Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li to advance to Eight Star Dou Sheng.
• Half a year later, Xiao Yu's cave emitted a pillar of light and a powerful aura; Xiao Yan arrived and identified it as the presence of a Dou Di.

Xiao Yu became a Dou Di by cultivating Origin Qi through the Five Elements, then opened a Plane Channel that restored Origin Qi to the Dou Qi Continent. After making plans to marry Xiao Yi Xian and resolving the Snake People Clan’s relocation, he prepared to lead a new journey beyond the continent.

• Xiao Yu endured and overcame a five-colored heavenly tribulation, becoming a Dou Di and strengthening the Xiao Clan’s bloodline, which helped Xiao Nian reach Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yu explained that his Five Element cultivation had produced Origin Qi, and said he could open the Plane Channel to replenish it for other experts.
• Xiao Yu learned that the system was disappearing and received a black wooden box that could only be opened in the Great Thousand Plane.
• Xiao Yu took Xiao Yi Xian to Qingshan Town, proposed marriage, and she accepted; he later spent a night with Cai Die after Cai Lin brought them together to reveal Cai Die’s feelings.
• Xiao Yu and Cai Lin moved the Snake People Clan from the desert to a mountain range in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yu tore open a spatial channel above the Di Fu Mountain Range, restoring Origin Qi as he and Xiao Yan looked toward the new journey beyond their world.

Three years after the Plane Channel opened, Xiao Yu held a grand wedding and later raised a family with his wives. At a Xiao Clan gathering, he revealed that the plane was increasingly rejecting him and proposed going to the Great Thousand World alone first, but his wives turned him away that night, leaving him with Qing Lin.

• Xiao Yu married eight brides in a three-day celebration attended by guests across the continent.
• More than ten years later, Xiao Yu and his wives gathered with their five children before attending the Xiao Clan family banquet.
• At the banquet, Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun reunited with their grandchildren, while Xiao Yu discussed the approaching Dou Di breakthroughs and the plane's rejection of him.
• Xiao Yu proposed traveling alone to the Great Thousand World before the others broke through to Dou Di, but the discussion ended without his wives agreeing.
• That night, Xun Er, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, Cai Die, and Ya Fei refused to let Xiao Yu into their rooms, so he went to Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yu asked Qing Lin to call him Husband, and she blushed as she struggled to change her longtime habit of calling him Young Master.